In between her set and Aqualeo I snapped some photos of the crowd and merch area. I hope ninjas checked out the thread I put up about the Edmonton show the night before Lethbridge, that show had a massive turnout. I think all the artists were still buzzing off that high from the night before, because they all gave 110 percent as if they were playing Woodstock! As you can see there wasn't much of a line-up at the merch booth in Lethbridge lol-

Next Up AQUALEO.They damn near stole the show. I was so impressed by their performance that night I copped their album and gave them props at the merch booth. They autographed it and were real cool dudes.

Then the show moved into legendary territory.Before Twiztid took the stage Jamie and Paul did a mic check and the mics were totally fuckin up, to the point of letting out ear piercing blasts of noise.Twiztid's stage crew came out and re did all the wires on stage while Jamie and Paul audibly started saying they would leave and every one would get a refund if they didn't fix the mics really quick. They then took the stage and started to perform their set while the mics continued to totally fuck up, lol. On stage they then started threatening to leave, then Monoxide seemed to notice his mic fixed during the 2nd song, Jamie's mic continued to fuck up and eventually he just started yelling,"cut! cut! cut!" lol. Best moment of the night for me, Monoxide starting to laugh hard right at that moment, and then just plowing on with the song. They fixed Madrox's mic soon after, lol. Would be great if someone caught it on video, here's some pics of the awesome set they then put in-

ScottieD said
Awesome review homie!  I'm actually browsing the store at AtheistCC.com now due to your first picture. lol.

Funny you should say that because my Calgary homie liked the Atheist merch some ninjas were wearing there, I think he was gonna be coppin some for himself soon lol

Just got back from BC, Vancouver show was epic. Finally going to have time later tonight to put up a thread for that show and the Red Deer show, took a shitload of photos at each one.

Here's a couple of bonus photos taken during Twiztid's set-

Man if KUNG FU VAMPIRE can't afford to tour Canada with TWIZTID, they should bring sexy ass WHITNEY PEYTON up here again with them!!

Discovered this cool write-up on DJ Booda, the original promoter of the Twiztid Lethbridge show. He died suddenly right before the tour started, check it-

Lethbridge music scene mourns James ‘DJ Booda’ Nishima

James Nishima, best known as DJ Booda passed away suddenly Aug 28. He will be missed by a lot of people. He inspired numerous local performers and basically kickstarted Lethbridge’s hip hop scene. In addition to being a fantastic  DJ, he was not afraid to dream. He brought in a variety of high profile acts including well known rappers like D12, Riff Raff, Deezuz, Madchild, Swollen Members, Moka Only, Kyprios, Snoop Dogg, just to name a few. He also brought in up and coming rockers like Dragonette and well known names like 54-40, Matthew Good, Finger Eleven and Gob. In doing so he brought a taste of the big city excitement to our small town. And by doing so thumbed his nose at those who would denigrate Lethbridge as Deathbridge.

As any local concert promoter knows, it takes cajones of stone to put on a show in Lethbridge because you never know if people will show up in last minute Lethbridge. Booda knew this and while I’m sure he had his moments of self doubt — moments where he almost decided to quit, fortunately for us he didn’t. Lethbridge is better for it.

He probably lost his shirt on a couple of his shows. I have been to many of his shows in which I couldn’t believe there were so few people in the room and I’d been to to others where there were so many people I couldn’t breathe. But at each one, Booda was there at the door to greet me with a big smile and welcoming arms. And always, the entertainment was fantastic. Booda knew how to put on a party. I had the pleasure of interviewing him a couple times. He was always genial, friendly and most of all excited. His excitement was contagious.

He was an unbelievably hard worker, he had four big shows of all different genres ready to go in September and October alone — Gob with Sophmore Jakes, Sept. 20-, Twiztid with Blaze Ya Dead and Aqualeo, Sept. 21 Sloan on Sept. 26 and The Cancer Bats and Bat Sabbath on Oct. 5. Madchild of Swollen Members is returning to Lethbridge, Sept. 25 to play a memorial show for Booda at Studio 54.
  I never really appreciated rap music until his shows gave me the opportunity to interview some of the biggest names in the business. No matter who it was, they would invariably rave about how great it was to work with Booda. He expanded mine a lot of people’s musical horizons. His death leaves a huge void which will take some big shoes to fill.
A celebration of James Nishima has been scheduled for this Thursday, Sept. 5 at 2 p.m at Martin Bros Funeral Chapel 610 4th street S, Lethdridge AB T1J 4P3

Monday, 02 September 2013 10:51 Richard Amery L.A. Beat Editor